The leeds loss was pretty damaging. Had we won that we would have been top irrespective of results next week. As it is we need to win or probably end up 3rd

... got to agree. The super8's are going to be very hard, and we can't really afford to concede 2 points at this stage.
There are now 5 teams fighting for the top 4 places, and if we lose to Salford, we may only have a 4 point cushion with 7 games to play.
And each of those games is effectively a "4 pointer".

It'd be tempting to rest Sneeeyd. But if he is going to partner Abdull in the semi then it'd make sense for them to get more game time together.

Not sure our home form is better than away tbh, some of our best matches have been away (Saints in the Cup, Wigan, Catalans) so whilst it would be nice to finish top a loss wouldn't be the end of the world. To be looking at 3rd place minimum at the split is way beyond my expectations in the close season.

I don't mind the 3 place schedule of games, but we have to start winning our home games consistently in the Super 8's

No Ellis, Shaul, Sneyd, Mini, Tank or Watts.

Play who's fit and carry on momentum, Wigan , wire wont rest before their semi and nor should we

Is that what you want or predict?

Think 3rd fixtures are by no means worse than 2nd. Ok away to top 2 but that actually makes the other 5 more favourable. e.g. much better to play Cats and Widnes at home than possibly both away. Means top 2 away might be free hits.

Priority has to be keeping team fresh and fit. Our away and home form especially against good sides are very similar.

Yep, won 7 from 8 against the rest of the top 5.

We've lost 6 games this year:
Home - Cas, Wigan, Leeds
Away - Widnes, Huddersfield, Leeds

All play apart from knocks, Ellis and the lads all want to play and rightfully so we need to get as high up as possible we don't want third

I'd have snapped your hand off for 3rd at the start of the year, but targets change and would be slightly disappointed with 3rd particularly being comfy in the top 2 with the bottom 4 to play.

Only rest those with knocks, finish top and build momentum for the semi and the rest of the year.

This is what our fixture list would look like based on the current tableFinish Top (as it stands now)
HFinish 2nd (Assuming Wigan come top, Warrington 3rd)
HFinish 3rd behind Wigan & Warrington
H: Saints, Catalans, Cas, Widnes
A: Wigan, Warrington, Wakefield

I'm not sure finishing top after R23 is that important to be honest. At the moment, a third place would mean we avoid trips to Catalans, Widnes & Cas and still have 4 home games.

if we end up 3rd, win those four home games and its semi final time!